The impeachment inquiry into President Trump is rife with conspiracy theories. It began, in part, with Trump’s demand that the Ukrainians investigate the “CrowdStrike” conspiracy theory, the false idea that Ukraine has the Democratic server that was hacked in 2016. Then came numerous conspiracy theories about congressional witnesses, George Soros […] Read more »
‘No One Believes Anything’: Voters Worn Out by a Fog of Political News
… The Democrats in Congress took their case against President Trump to the public last week. But after hours of testimony, thousands of news reports and days of streaming headlines, one thing was clear: A lot of Americans weren’t listening. … In this volatile political moment, information, it would seem, […] Read more »
Whistleblower Explains How Cambridge Analytica Helped Fuel U.S. ‘Insurgency’
When Christopher Wylie first began working for the British behavioral research company SCL Group, the company used data drawn from a number of sources as a means of potentially altering outcomes for their, sometimes military, clients. But over time, Wylie’s mission — and that of the company — expanded. Conservative […] Read more »
Why Impeachment is Starting Now, In One Chart
… An impeachment process is informed by legal standards and judicial norms. But since America has never removed a sitting president from office using impeachment, no one knows how it works. There is no precedent. We’re literally making this up as we go along. The constitution tells us that presidents […] Read more »
Epstein Suicide Conspiracies Show How Our Information System Is Poisoned
Even on an internet bursting at the seams with conspiracy theories and hyperpartisanship, Saturday marked a new chapter in our post-truth, “choose your own reality” crisis story. It began early Saturday morning, when news broke that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein had apparently hanged himself in a Manhattan jail. … Mr. […] Read more »
What did voters think of the Mueller circus? It wasn’t pretty
Well, the three-ring partisan circus also known as the Mueller hearings is over. … In a Winning the Issues survey done July 27-28, after the hearings, we tested voter interest and assessment of the Mueller appearance before Congress. Voters’ partisan affiliation played a role in both their interest and how […] Read more »